On Friday 4th August, Vodafone PLC paid out its 2017 half year dividend.
It was 8.95p a share (€0.1003 a share)
http://www.vodafone.com/content/index/investors/shareholders/ordinary_shareholders/dividends.html
What did this cost Vodafone plc ?
The total number of voting rights in Vodafone is 26,667,760,581
That means:-
26,667,760,581 x 8.95p a share = £2,386,764,572
That is £2.386 Billion
http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?csi=10097
5.9% yield.